Quote Originally Posted by Klamor View Post
For additional information. Be sure to keep in mind what color the item is as well. A Blue piece of gear (rarity) will have a higher overall strength (read: apparent power level) compared to a White piece of gear of the same item level. Along with that, High Quality gear is [obviously] superior to Normal Quality gear.
There are only really two different tiers of stats within the same item level: NQ and HQ. Any crafted gear uses either nq or hq stats depending on the quality of the item. Dungeon, raid and tomestone gear all uses the hq stat values for their ilevel. There are a few exceptions though. GC gear and Aetherial (pink) for example. They both mostly use hq stats, but they also tend to have some extra stats on them compared to other gear at the same ilevel. Relic and Anima weapons also start following their own rules later in the line.